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Genshiken
Now that the entire manga has been released stateside, what do you guys think of this series. I personally loved it and it is one of my favorite manga ever. I loved the characters (and even know people who are exactly like the characters), I enjoyed the art, the story, and everything else about this series.
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Unfortunately I have to wait till February for the final volume in German
I love the story throughout. It's more than a story with otaku and happy anime references but it's filled with character developments. You can see that when you follow each character. (except for Kuchii. He's crazy all the way. Gag character I call him. Kohsaka is somewhat stationary too.) It's filled with situations and slice of life stuff in the world of otaku. Same thing that happened to you but in this type of world. I like seeing all the characters pop out different sides to them in each story presented. Ohno in the later chapters is so awesome! (spoiler: Jesse my friend and I call her bad side Dark Ohno. Ever since Oguie came around and it surfaced she became a bit more dimensional as a character, IMO. Plus it's funny when she uses the mask for evilness at first and her outburst about yaoi in vol. 8. and in English in 7 verfied that fact. ) That later added Ogiue created new tension and a reason to continue the manga when the Sasahara and Saki story lines were dragging. When Ogiue took center it managed to breath new life into the series.
Watching the art get better throughout the series was awesome. Compare the work from vol. 1 to vol. 5 to vol. 9. You an see the difference. At first it seemed Shimoku Kio was trying to be more realistic in his drawings. Probably because of the fact that it IS based on his college experience. The art was good but not great. He eased up on the lines and stylized them some more. Less detailed from before but just enough. Even his Kujibiki Unbalanced got a little makeover to be more cute and moe like to fit the type of story it was. You can even see his art work change in vol. one as you keep reading.
I think Del Rey was perfect to bring this series to America. They added a little lexicon in the back and included the extras that Japan had. The one bad thing was the Del Rey took forever to release a new one. I waited 9 months for vol. 9!
I recommend this for people who either loved Otaku no Video, Comic Party and the like or has been a fan for a long while. I don't recommend this for a newbie fan as much but hey, if they like it I wont stop them at all.
Yeah...I know I typed a lot! ^_^
I can't seem to find vol 2 and the rest of the manga, but eventually I'll have it.
Oh, and there's a second season coming out (if it's not all out). Dunno what that'll be like.
I'm having trouble finding all of the manga series though. I read like five volumes of the scans but I can only read off my computer for so long. When I went to my local manga place they only had volume four.
I feel like the character that I can most relate to is Madarame but I'm not sure if thats a good thing or not.
I lost my first volume of Genshiken though. That sucks.
I like how they handled that better than the first series in comparison to the manga. While the first series and OVA cut of remixed some things from the manga the second season keeps everything and adds to it.
SPOILER EXAMPLE: (In the episode when Oguie does the yaoi sketch of Madarame and Sasahara they add a whole lot of yaoi parody Genshiken action! An entire parody of Genshiken if it was a dramatic yaoi story was excellent. I'm not just saying that because I do like yaoi but because it's so hilarious. Meanwhile in the real genshiken the story portrayed in the manga is told. ) Either that or if they just put two chapters together in an episode like the most recent one. With the new character designs this is a good solid series if you are already familar with Genshiken. Unfortunately since it picks up after the OVA some might wonder how did Oguie get there? Plus with the opener (first version) you would think this was an action robot mecha show.
I love this show/manga too much it seems. XD
My favorite character is totally Madarame. His little fang and social awkwardness were absolutely adorable. He's superly perverted and incurably nerdy, but somehow he comes across as honest and human, and likeable! The yaoi parody episode was hilarious (omg Madarame as a bishounen, /fangirl!) though also a fair bit disturbing. -_-
Some of the episodes have made me feel uncomfortable at parts (the Tanaka and what's-her-face episode, dear gods), but I suppose that's part of what makes the show realistic - at times being a geek, and dealing with otaku culture, means walking a line between camaderie and social discomfort.
I'll be downloading Season 2 once I'm done the three files I have currently up - I don't like too many downloading all at once.
This is still one of my favorite scenes from the series.